Improvement in spinning-wheel



N-PETERS, PHONIJLLITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C,

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Letters Patent No. 70,622,dated November 5, 1867. y I

IMPROVEMENT 1N SPINNING-WHEEL.

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Be it known that I, JONAsH. ROWE, of Hudson, in the county of Columbia,and State of New York, have invented'a new and improved. Spinning-Wheel,and that the following descriptiom taken in connection with the`accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a` full and exactspecification of the same, wherein I-have set-'forth the. nature andprinciples of my said improvements, by which myinvention may bedistinguished from all others of a similar class, together with suchparts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me byLetters Patent.

This invention relates to a new and' useful improvement on .the simplespinning machine for household use, and it consists in a novel anduseful modification thereof, whereby the operator can spin-while sittingona stool or chair by the side of the machine. I' y The object of theinvention is to. avoid the wal-king towards and from the spindlehitherto required, in order 'to draw out or attenuate the repingwhilebeing spun, and to cause vthel yarn, as spun, tobe wound upon thespindle. v

' To this end my invention consists in having'the spindle-head attachedto a. radius arm arranged in such 'a manner that it may be'-movodth'rough thc medium of a treudle, and the spindle made toapproachand recede from the operator at the will of the same, dueprovision being made for the tightening of the belts, and all con-Astrncted and arranged es hereinafter set forth. In the accompanyingsheet of drawings-'- Figure 1 is a sideview of my invention.

Figure '2 aplan or top view of .the.samo.

Figure 3 a perspectiveview Ycia portion of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A. represen'ts'a framing or support, in which a. vertical band-wheel, B,is tted and allowed to turn freely.

C represents an inclined red, the upper end of which is attached to theframing or support A,-and the lower end att-ached to a base, D, Ion.which the framing or support A is secured. The lower part of this rod Chas an oblong slot orf-opening, a, made in it, through which aset-screw, D', passes, said screw, also passing intola bur, E, havingposts 5 upon it,to serve as bearings for pulleys c c and an arm, F. Thepulley c is considerably. larger in diameter than the pulley c', and thelatter has a belt or cord, d, passing around it, which belt or cord' ialso passes around the wheel B, (see figs. 1 and 2.) The nrxn F is ofconsiderable length, andkwhen.inclined backwafd,'-nearlylrenchesthe-wheel' B, andrests upon an elastic curved bar, e, attachedY to theframing or support A, as shown clearly in g. 1. l'.lo the outer end of`the arm F the spindle-head Gr is attached, und secured4 by aset-screw,f,`which,passes through an oblong slot, g, in the :rr-.1, toadmit of the spindle-head having a.v certain degree of adjustment. Thespindle H is of usualconstruction, and is ro'tated'by a belt or cord,Il, from the pulley ic.' t

It will be seen, therefore,l from the above description, that, byturning the wheel B, motion willb'ecommunicated tothe spindle H, throughthemediuni of the cords d h'.

In the lower part of thefifnnxingorfsupport A there is ya horizontalshaft, Ljhaving a crank, z', at-one end,A to which a treadle, J, isconnected, and this 4shaft I has charm, K, attached te it, in the upperpartof which there is secured one endjofnmonnecting-rod, L, theoppositie end of said rod being connected to the arm lill y It will beseen, therefore, that the operator, by actuating the treadle J', maymove the arm F, and consequently the spindleiH, towards und from thewheel B at willht-he operator being seated on n. stc'olbythe side of4the wheel B. The roping, therefore, while being spun, may bedrawn outor attenuatedviby the outward movement of theuarmvandspindle, and, asspun, wound upon the spindle by the inward movementfof the same. Theropings are hung over a bracket, j, en the framingor support A., andthewhole operation of spinning may be performed by n. person on thestool, all walking forwards and backwards boing avoided. Illy thisimprovement aged and lame persons may spin without diiliculty, the wheelB being turned by onohand, and the raping held by the other. The ropes dh are tightened when necessary, byndjusting the bar E and spindle-headG.- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The arrangement oi' Athe'vihrating a'rm F,carrying the .adjustable spindle-head G, said arxn snp-ported from theadjustable vbar E, and resting upon the `spring e, with the. adjustablebar'D,n.'nd connecting-rod-L Ypivote'din saidarm F, -as hereindescribed, for-the purpose specified.

2,v The combination ofthe 'bent spring e with the vibrating arm F,adjustable rod C, 'and conneetingrod L, as bereindescribed, for thepurpose specified.

`JONAS H. ROWE. Witnesses:

LEVI AM. Moonss, WILLARD- Pneu.

